Asus to release desktop Eee PC on June 3

Earlier this year, riding high on the success of its ultra-portable Eee PC, Asus revealed plans to launch a whole family of Eee products including a small form-factor desktop machine dubbed the E-DT. Well, it appears that Asus desktop take on the Eee PC has finally been given a launch date along with a few new specs and a new name.

According to information leaked to the Inquirer, the unit is set to debut on June 3 as the Ebox, sporting a Wii-like design, a 160GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM. Most other details are unavailable, though the desktop is expected to run Asus custom variant of Xandros Linux and given the June timeframe it will likely debut using Intels Atom processor. No pricing information is available either, though the company has previously mentioned that it plans to price the computer between $200 and $300.